Status
Available
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Series
Publication
Del Rey (1987), Mass Market Paperback, 280 pages
Description
To the staff at Sector General Hospital, Cha Thrat is just another trainee, but for Cha, life at Sector General is an unnerving experience in which her best intentions result in catastrophes.
User reviews
LibraryThing member wyvernfriend
An interesting story that deals with a first contact between a doctor, Sector General and a new civilisation. James White creates a character who is completely alien to the situation and to humanity but is a complete character with a well worked out society behind her. I liked how she grew from her
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contact with different races and the issues with her assumptions had to be dealt with by the powers that be in the Hospital. I would recommend it as a good read for fans of SF and ER alike. Show Less
LibraryThing member leslie.98
I am glad that I finally broke down and bought this book (in the Kindle omnibus "General Practice") - the only entry in the Sector General series I couldn't get through any of my libraries.
This book marks a turn in the series away from Conway as the main character and towards varying non-human
This book marks a turn in the series away from Conway as the main character and towards varying non-human
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main characters who have come to Sector General for one reason or another. White does an excellent job of conveying how someone from an alien culture understands (or not!) both the humans & other aliens both in terms of language and protocol. In this 7th entry in the series, the main character Cha Thrat is from a world that has just made contact with the wider galaxy & before arriving at the station, she had very little other-species contact. Show Less
Subjects
Original publication date
1987-07
Physical description
280 p.; 6.9 inches
ISBN
0345341724 / 9780345341723